Capitol Hill crash course awaits Cotton

Posted: November 16, 2012 at 2:05 a.m.

WASHINGTON — The last time he was in the U.S. House chamber, Tom Cotton was a 16-year-old high school student watching the action from a balcony with his family. But this week, after carrying Arkansas’ 4th Congressional District, he walked onto the main floor as a congressman-elect and the youngest member of the state’s congressional delegation.